>>213142139 (OP)Russia is obviously European but incredibly backwards.
Crazy dictator, murdered journalists and political opponents, random wars, judiciary not really independent, fascist mercenaries that revolt against the State, etc. all these things are African banana republic tier.
They are now somehow depending on the Chinese because of Putin's very poor decisions. e.g. if you're banned from selling gas to the EU you can basically only sell it to the Chinese - at their price. That means they're holding Russia by the balls.